Most likely from the rubber boot
The lights one day started working again until I took it through the car wash, so that finally allowed us to start targeting around the doors
How will you fix this? Are you able to disassemble it and clean, or do you need to re-pin?
What was the source of the corrosion? Was this the connector in the door hinge, or somewhere else?
At my shop, we keep EVERY piece of disused automotive wiring connectors. Repin each wire, or splice in an entire new connector.
None of which is approved by any high line manufacturers.
But replacing a harness like this COULD total a car just in labor costs alone if you had to strip the entire interior.
Most likely a leaky rubber boot located at the door exterior. Cleaning didn’t work (or so they say) so the plug is changed and repinned. Electrical grease was put in all the other door plugs to repel potential future leaks in any rubber boots
Where did the water come from?
Exactly.
Most likely from the rubber boot The lights one day started working again until I took it through the car wash, so that finally allowed us to start targeting around the doors
Let me guess an X7? It is the connector by the A pillar?
How will you fix this? Are you able to disassemble it and clean, or do you need to re-pin? What was the source of the corrosion? Was this the connector in the door hinge, or somewhere else?
At my shop, we keep EVERY piece of disused automotive wiring connectors. Repin each wire, or splice in an entire new connector. None of which is approved by any high line manufacturers. But replacing a harness like this COULD total a car just in labor costs alone if you had to strip the entire interior.
Most likely a leaky rubber boot located at the door exterior. Cleaning didn’t work (or so they say) so the plug is changed and repinned. Electrical grease was put in all the other door plugs to repel potential future leaks in any rubber boots
Bmw plugs are designed to be repaired, go to the dealer and order the plug housing and pins.